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Implicit Certificates in V2V

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Robert Gallant Written by Robert Gallant on September 3, 2022

There has been a lot of news recently about vehicle-to-vehicle or “V2V” technology and how it is being adopted by the U.S. Department of Transportation in efforts to help drivers avoid accidents.  A fundamental aspect of the V2V security system is its use of ‘implicit certificates’.  What are these implicit certificates and how are they used in the V2V protocols?

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Implicit Certificates vs. Conventional Certificates

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Written by Scott Vanstone on October 24, 2022

As devices proliferate and become more mobile, managing relationships between them is critical. Devices will move in and out of range of each other and can interact using wireless protocols and peer-to-peer connections, taking advantage of temporary or semi-permanent secure connections to share information and access services. There are many vertical applications for high level security using our technology that can be implemented efficiently, effectively and to conserve bandwidth. For example, applications using Near Field Communications (NFC), Smart Energy and Vehicle-to-Vehicle communications are well suited to our technology. The later example has the potential to require the largest Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) every implemented. More will be said about this later in the article.

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